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Thursday, December 18, 2014

History Trivia - Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeats Roman forces

218 BC Second Punic War:
Battle of the Trebbia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeated those of the
Roman Republic.

1118 Afonso the Battler, the Christian King of Aragon captured
Saragossa, Spain, causing a major blow to Muslim Spain.

1352 Innocent VI became
Pope. He introduced many needed reforms in the administration of church affairs
and also sought to restore order in Rome, where, in 1355, Charles IV (1346–78)
was crowned Holy Roman Emperor with his permission, after previously having
made an oath that he would quit the city on the day of the ceremony.